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From: harish@guille.ece.orst.edu (Harish Pillay)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc,comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Query on NetBIOS on TCP/IP
Summary: TCP/IP, NetBIOS
Keywords: TCP/IP NetBIOS
Message-ID: <12445@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 10 Sep 89 23:46:44 GMT
Reply-To: harish@guille.ECE.ORST.EDU (Harish Pillay)
Organization: Oregon State University, E&CE, Corvallis, OR 97331
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The RFCs 1001 and 1002 define using TCP/IP over NetBIOS systems.  After
reading the RFCs, I'm confused over one point. Assuming an implementation 
of TCP/IP over NetBIOS, can a user on a Unix box say ftp into the PC (assuming 
a ftp server is running in the PC)?  My understanding is that the user on the 
Unix box has to have a NetBIOS-specific TCP/IP implementation.  Is that right?
If not, it is unclear to me how that user can ftp from the pc.  Conversely, can
we ftp etc from the same PC to other Unix boxes who *don't* have the NetBIOS 
stuff?  I think I'm missing something here and would appreciate any hints and 
pointers.  I hope this is not a RTFM-type of question :-).

While on the same subject, is there any PD implementations of TCP/IP over
NetBIOS systems?

Thanks.

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